Stein Masters 2025

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Francesco Antonelli, Keith Bailey, Connor Bartlett, Ken Bazley, Levent Cevik, Nick Davis, Marc Hannewald, Martin Haworth, Joe Hickey, Andy Hipwell, Rich Humphrey, Malin Norman, James Pettifor, Mat Ridge, Sebastiaan Van Den Berg, Pip Wagg, Andrew Woods

Judges - Best of Show

Francesco Antonelli, Ken Bazley, Andy Hipwell

Stewards

Nick Tredwell

Staff

Organizer

Richard Dent

By the Numbers

120 Entries 78 Entrants

17 Judges 1 Stewards

34 Placing Entries

Table 1: German Pils

15 entries

Judges: Connor Bartlett, Malin Norman

1st
Danny Clarke
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Take The Red Pils (5D: German Pils)
2nd
Jeremy Parker
JerMan Pils (5D: German Pils)
3rd
Miro Pivčević
#58 (5D: German Pils)

Table 2: Munich Helles

16 entries

Judges: Levent Cevik, Nick Davis, Andy Hipwell, Pip Wagg

1st
Paul Willis
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
Serial Keller (4A: Munich Helles)
2nd
Luke Russell
London Amateur Brewers
Simple Things (4A: Munich Helles)
3rd
Tim Stanton
Anglian Craft Brewers
Nachgluhen (4A: Munich Helles)
HM
Jake Thorogood
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Masters Of Hell (4A: Munich Helles)

Table 3: Märzen

9 entries

Judges: Keith Bailey, Martin Haworth

1st
Darren Sloan
Beer Boars
Captain Hammer (6A: Märzen)
2nd
Jerry Pringle
Reading Amateur Brewers
The Ides Of Marzen (6A: Märzen)

Table 4: Altbier

7 entries

Judges: Marc Hannewald, Sebastiaan Van Den Berg

1st
Chris Burrows
Reading Amateur Brewers
Babbling In German (7B: Altbier)
2nd
Ken Bazley
London Amateur Brewers
MmmAlt (7B: Altbier)

Table 5: Festbier & Helles Bock

12 entries

Judges: James Pettifor, Andrew Woods

1st
Paul Willis
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
Gergorgenheit (4B: Festbier)
2nd
Ian Cosier
London Amateur Brewers
Lille Leap (4C: Helles Bock)
3rd
Brett Harman
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
Space, Stein & Gravity (4B: Festbier)
4th
Laura Braid
Bier (4B: Festbier)

Table 6: Kölsch & German Helles Exportbier

10 entries

Judges: Rich Humphrey, Mat Ridge

1st
Simon Stubbings
Bubble Stick (5B: Kölsch)
2nd
Nick Davis
Anglian Craft Brewers
Throtmanni Export (5C: German Helles Exportbier)
3rd
Rick Woolliss
Twickenham Boars
There Is Always A Wrong To Your Right (5C: German Helles Exportbier)

Table 7: Smoked Beer

5 entries

Judges: Francesco Antonelli, Connor Bartlett

1st
Dave Matthews
Hereford Amateur Brewers
Round The Ragged Rauch, The Ragged Rascal Ran. (6B: Rauchbier)
2nd
Richard Brown
Scottish Craft Brewers
And The Bandit (6B: Rauchbier)
3rd
Mat Ridge
Norwich Amateur Brewers
RauchMAX (6B: Rauchbier)

Table 8: Historical Beer

7 entries

Judges: Keith Bailey, Malin Norman

1st
Kenn Steele
The Two Of Us (27A8: Roggenbier)

Table 9: European Sour Ale

7 entries

Judges: Levent Cevik, Pip Wagg

1st
Kevin Surridge-Dines
Anglian Craft Brewers
Less Thinky, More Drinky... (23G: Gose)
2nd
Sean O'Toole
Midlands Craft Brewers
In The Name Of The Father & The Holy Gose (23G: Gose)
3rd
Mikko Salo
Panomaju
Kumqwhat? (23G: Gose)

Table 10: German Wheat Beer

11 entries

Judges: Ken Bazley, Nick Davis, Joe Hickey, Andy Hipwell

1st
Stuart Hubbard
Midlands Craft Brewers
Erzgebirge (10C: Weizenbock)
2nd
Jake Thorogood
Norwich Amateur Brewers
Tan Bul-Len (10B: Dunkels Weissbier)
3rd
James Pettifor
Anglian Craft Brewers
Jungleweiss (10B: Dunkels Weissbier)

Table 11: Dark European Lager

15 entries

Judges: Martin Haworth, Rich Humphrey, Sebastiaan Van Den Berg, Andrew Woods

1st
Darren Sloan
Beer Boars
Steiny Happy People (8B: Schwarzbier)
2nd
Keith Bailey
Norwich Amateur Brewers
More Beer (8B: Schwarzbier)
3rd
Henri Rinta-Piirto
Panomaju
Elder Bear (8A: Munich Dunkel)

Table 12: Strong European

6 entries

Judges: Mat Ridge

1st
Richard Williams
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
Baby Got Bock (6C: Dunkels Bock)
2nd
Ian Cosier
London Amateur Brewers
Malty McMaltface (9A: Doppelbock)
3rd
Chris Cameron
Body In The Eisbocks (9B: Eisbock)

Best of Show

Beer

Judges: Francesco Antonelli, Ken Bazley, Andy Hipwell

1st
Paul Willis
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
Serial Keller (4A: Munich Helles)
2nd
Dave Matthews
Hereford Amateur Brewers
Round The Ragged Rauch, The Ragged Rascal Ran. (6B: Rauchbier)
3rd
Darren Sloan
Beer Boars
Captain Hammer (6A: Märzen)
HM
Stuart Hubbard
Midlands Craft Brewers
Erzgebirge (10C: Weizenbock)

Best Brewer

78 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

PlaceBrewer1st2nd3rdScoreClub
1stPaul Willis30015.0000000Homebrew Collab (Bristol)
2ndDarren Sloan20113.0000000Beer Boars
3rdDave Matthews1109.0000000Hereford Amateur Brewers

Club of The Year

24 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]

PlaceClub1st2nd3rdHMScore
1stNorwich Amateur Brewers121117.0000000
2ndLondon Amateur Brewers040016.0000000
3rdAnglian Craft Brewers112015.0000000
Homebrew Collab (Bristol)300015.0000000
5thBeer Boars201013.0000000
6thMidlands Craft Brewers110110.0000000
7thReading Amateur Brewers11009.0000000
Hereford Amateur Brewers11009.0000000
9thThe Hop Addition Homebrew Club10108.0000000
10thPanomaju 00206.0000000
11thScottish Craft Brewers01004.0000000
12thTwickenham Boars00103.0000000

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners